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Caffeine will be expelled from your system over time so you have to injest it more then just before the ride. It will improve performance .. some energy goo's and bars have caffeine in them.

I do endurance riding and for the riding I do (all day) I find that caffeine will help, especially after many hours (6-7) in the saddle when you still have another 6 or 7 to go. I think it's important to take it with food or other carbs in order to avoid getting to jittery.

Hi all. I'm new here; I just discovered your forum, and I had to add my two cents to this topic.

In clinical studies, caffeine has been shown to help endurance-type performance in those who are unaccustomed to it. But since our bodies adapt to it, the user must take more and more to achieve the same effect. (Spriet, L.L. 1995. Caffeine and performance. Int. J. Sport Nutr. 5:S84-S99.) Once you start upping the dose, any stimulant is going to be bad for your heart. Moreover, Caffeine is a diuretic which will exacerbate dehydration. My advice is to stick to a healthy diet (perhaps including a cup of coffee or two) and forget the supplements, other than, say, some good Belgian chocolates.[/i]

I would drink ginger tea after train ride to prevent flu and fever. I would drink ginger tea before the race and it really perform my endurance. The drink taste really bad but it improve your work rate and u feel hardworking. but avoid cold coffee and tea. cheers

At some Ironman distance races Cola products are provided on the run portion of the event. The benifit is the sodium, sugar and of course the caffeine. I have heard of some atheletes reducing/terminating their caffeine intake during training and use it during racing only to get the full benifit from it. I have also heard that 6 cups of strong coffee at an Olympic event could cause a drug test failure for an athelete.

Quite interesting to find out that there are athletes that doesn't take caffeine and take it only during competition. I am a coffee person and i have to have my 2 cups in the morning. On the other hand, when training i prefer not too have the extra caffeine. Once in a while I take GU with caffeine, the package indicates to take certain amounts every q 30. I've only done this a few times and really didn't notice any changes in my results.